This week, a largely unknown Russian player Marat “Maratik” Sharafutdinov took down the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) main event – and the win is n...
This week saw the end of the Euro 3,250 buy-in No-limit hold 'em Shootout at the World Series of Poker Europe which went to a French businessman Giovanni Rosadoni (52), who took home a hefty prize...
A report came this week that BluffRoom on the Merge Gaming Network is about to close its doors for good. It appears that, despite being regulated by somewhat inefficient Malta’s LGA, Bluff Room player funds are now administered by the Merge...
A relatively young social gaming publisher PLAOR announced the release of its first Facebook game, the free play "Hollywood Poker" on October 8, 2012. The game features Texas...
An announcement came this week that Amaya Gaming Group has finalised the acquisition of bwin.party Entertainment's Ongame Network, but it seems that the network did not reach the price...
Games such as online poker, chess and sports wagering were deemed illegal in a court in Delhi. Those participating in real money games played online will not be protected under the constitution. The case was brought to court pursuant to one company’s desire to start their own online gambling site. District Judge Ina Malhotra ruled on Septe...
In an announcement on Friday, Reality Gaming Social Network company, Face Up Entertainment Group, released information regarding a new partnership with Al Rash. Poker followers may know Rash from his poker alias “AlCantHang" and his presence o...
A new poker application is set to launch on October 8th. A new social gaming publisher, PLAOR, will launch Hollywood Poker on Facebook. Hollywood Poker will allow players to go up against a variety of celebrities from movies, TV, sports and music while playing Texas Hold 'Em Poker. As of today, those who register will be eligible to win the op...
After Antonio Esfandiari’s win in the WSOPE Euro 1100 hold'em event, it was French live poker pro Roger Hairabedian (60) who proved worthy to call himself a 2012 World Series of Poker Europe bracelet winner. Namely, the Frenchman took down the third event, be...
Court documents have confirmed that Yung Jae Lee, the CEO of Korean firm Quad Dimensions, handed over to the US Department of Justice a copy o...
This week, Pokerstars revealed its payment plan for Full Tilt Poker customers following the re-launch of the site on November 6. Namely, former FTP players from Estonia, France, Spain, Denmark and Belgium are to be paid through the locally-licensed PokerStars platform, by pairing a PokerStars account with their Full Tilt account, thus being able...
An announcement was made this week that Bally Technologies is to supply ACEP interactive, the iGaming arm of American Casino & Entertainment Properties (ACEP), and its land casino properties - the Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Tower, Aquarius Resort and Casino, an...
U.S. Federal authorities gave a news conference this week, providing more detail about their investigation into a "large gambling operation" and the subsequent arrest of Teddy Mitchell, his two sons and seven others. United States Attorney Sandford Coats said at the conference that Mitchell led the gambling operation from his home in Oklahoma Ci...
At a press conference given this week, French gambling authority ARJEL announced that it is to temporarily lift is Rekop Limited licence suspension in order to enable players registered at Full Tilt Poker to access their accounts and recover their...
Reports started arriving last week that the Cake Poker site started shifting its US players from its .eu site to Juicy Stakes Poker website, indicating that something is going...
This weekend saw the end of the Pokerstars English Poker Open 2012, where Danish Pokerstars pro Mickey Petersen took down the title and the main prize of GBP 78,660. The entry field in the GBP 2,180 buy-in competition saw 138 names, which included some big ones such as Praz Bansi, James Akenhead, James Dempsey, Sam Trickett, Liv Boeree and the 2...
On Sept. 21, Pennsylvania poker pro Ben Hamnett scored his biggest win to date, winning the $818,847 main prize in the $3,500 buy-in World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open. On his way to the massive payout, Hamnett bested a huge field of 1,180 other players – the second largest number of entries in WPT history. The final table formed towar...
A new online poker operator emerged recently, announcing the launch of a new online poker room branded Poker Rebel, which will feature Brazilian elements on the site. Although little is known about the operation, except that its site supports English and Portuguese versions and that it will most likely focus on the Brazilian market, many more de...
Sam Trickett was quite the popular man at the 2012 British Poker Awards. The British poker pro was honored with three trophies throughout the ceremonies. The British poker community assembled for the 2012 awards and Trickett, who has been successful over the past year on the international poker circuit, was nominated for two awards in which the...
Ben Hamnett is the big winner in the 2012 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open main event with prize money of $818,847. This is the first WPT title for him. “I’m glad I played my best. That’s the most I could hope for. I’m glad I got lucky, and I’m glad it all worked out,” said Hamnett. “There were a few...
15th of April 2013
0 Comments
19th of April 2013
0 Comments
30th of April 2013
2 Comments
30th of April 2013
2 Comments
26th of March 2013
0 Comments
26th of March 2013
0 Comments
United States of America read article Fox Sports Extends Tv Deal With Wpt |  |
Join now for full access to our online poker forum/chat plus receive our newsletter with news & exclusive bonuses every month.